Kirk Hoover, one of the expert fishing guides at Cusack's Lodge, reports on the status of the fishing, weather, and the clients' successes at the end of each week throughout the fishing season. His aptly named "Hoover Reports" provide past and future clients an idea of the conditions at different times of the season, and a glimpse into the atmosphere and activities at the Lodge.

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June 26th – July 3rd

Fishing has been outstanding in the early season on the streams in southwestern Alaska. Great success has been had by both nymph and dry fly fishermen and women.Most of the subsurface patterns that ...

July 4th – July 11th

Greetings from Southwestern Alaska, very productive fishing has continued to yield a variety of large freshwater fish. Over the past week, we've caught quite a number of 20-inch plus rainbows, huge sockeye...

July 13th - July 17th

Yet another week has passed here in Southwest Alaska. Salmon are now into both the Gibraltar and Copper Rivers. Both rivers are gearing themselves into full swing of the sockeye run. The Gibraltar...

July 16th - July 18th

On July 16th, four avid and willing fly-fishermen took the incredible 3-day/2-night float trip down the Copper River. Usually when someone comes back from a float trip similar to the Copper float...

July 25th - August 1st

Cusacks Alaska Lodge provided six gentleman from Illinois (one returning client) another exhilarating experience on the Copper and Gibraltar Rivers. There was one thing that was a large factor in ...

August 1st - August 7th

Windy conditions remained constant until the last two days of this week for our guests. Another constant was the number of large rainbows and gigantic sockeyes that were reeled in by the four anglers this ...

August 8th - August 15th

Another week in Alaska has flown by for several more guests here at Cusacks Alaska Lodge. This week's fishermen and women were Jack, Byron, Joe and Bob's daughter Nicole and Marisa. Trips were ...

Hoover Report #8

This week saw three generations of the Foley family tackle a wide variety of what Cusacks Alaska Lodge offers. They all had a wonderful time catching sockeye, silvers, rainbow and pike species ...